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You have probably heard I recently decided to leave Hortonworks. Rob shared some kind words earlier this week and I would like to take this opportunity to shout THANK YOU to Rob and the entire Hortonworks team for the fantastic thrill ride and unbelievable journey at Hortonworks over the past five years. Rob and I […]

Hadoop Summit in San Jose wrapped up a few weeks ago. This was the ninth year and, wow, have we come a long way. It’s been a decade for Apache Hadoop and five years for Hortonworks. Hadoop Summit is the leading conference for Hadoop and data management, and this year saw well over 4,000 attendees […]

Earlier this month, Hortonworks had the pleasure of joining Yahoo! in hosting the 8th Annual Hadoop Summit, the leading conference for the Apache Hadoop community. Summit is always an important and exciting experience, bringing together thought leaders, technologists, and data specialists from throughout the community to explore and advance the art and science of Big […]

Today from TU-Automotive Detroit, we announced our partnership with HARMAN, the leading global infotainment, audio and software services company. Hortonworks and HARMAN are partnering to transform the automotive enterprise by enabling the connected car ecosystem with real-time, Internet of Things (IoT) data, insights and prognostics solutions. The widespread adoption of connected devices is accelerating. Gartner […]

Hadoop really is everywhere. In his recent post, “Going from Hadoop Adoption to Hadoop Everywhere” Shaun Connolly made this point and also quoted Forrester’s Mike Gualtieri: Hadoop is a must-have for large enterprises Shaun mentioned these key trends in his post: Hadoop is transforming every industry Enterprises are building applications to make use of all […]

As we approach the opening bell on Nasdaq and another milestone for open source Apache Hadoop, we at Hortonworks want to thank those who have contributed deeply to this journey. We owe you – our customers – a huge thank you. Your active collaboration with us in the Apache Hadoop community has greatly impacted the […]

We’re finally catching our breath after a phenomenal Hadoop Summit event last week in San Jose. Thank you to everyone that came to participate in the celebration of Hadoop advances and adoption—from many of the organizations that shared their Hadoop journey with us that fundamentally transformed their businesses, to those just getting started, to the […]

In March of 2013 we announced our plans to enter the European market and just six months we have not only landed but also are expanding and operating across Europe with field teams in UK, France and Germany. Those teams are growing and, more importantly, our customer base is expanding. What would expansion be without customers? European customers […]

At Thanksgiving we took a moment to reflect on the past and give thanks for all that has happened to Hortonworks the past year. With the New Year approaching we now take time to look forward and provide our predictions for the Hadoop community in 2013. To compile this list, we queried and collected big […]